Cost of living in Galveston County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,497 a month.
That HUD number covers Galveston County, Texas, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,233
- 1 bed
- $1,261
- 2 bed
- $1,497
- 3 bed
- $2,017
- 4 bed
- $2,502
This county is in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 98.6 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- League City · 116,215 people
- Texas City · 55,364 people
- Galveston · 53,424 people
- Friendswood · 41,030 people
- Dickinson · 21,753 people
- La Marque · 19,268 people
- Santa Fe · 12,901 people
- Bacliff · 9,541 people
- Hitchcock · 7,563 people
- San Leon · 6,458 people
- Nassau Bay · 5,230 people
- Bolivar Peninsula · 2,951 people
- Kemah · 2,168 people
- Bayou Vista · 1,754 people
- Tiki Island · 1,210 people
- Clear Lake Shores · 1,140 people